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Eve · English girl’s name

Eve in Hawaiian is ʻEwa

The form Hawaiian speakers have written since the 1800s, when V became W, and the final e became a.

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EH·vah

The gold syllable takes the stress.

What is Eve in Hawaiian?

Eve is ʻEwa in Hawaiian, said EH-vah. The same form covers Eva, because Hawaiian writes both spellings the same way.

How Eve became ʻEwa

Hawaiian is written with thirteen letters, so in Eve V became W, and the final e became a. The ʻokina at the front is a consonant in Hawaiian, the catch in the voice before the first vowel.

ʻEwa has a page of its own as a Hawaiian given name, with its popularity and the names it is usually paired with.

How to say ʻEwa

Say it EH-vah, leaning on EH, sounding every vowel: e as in “bet”, a as in “father”. The ʻokina (ʻ) is a catch in the voice, the break in the middle of “uh-oh”. The pronunciation guide covers the whole system.

Eve, the English form

Eve is the English form of Chavah, from Genesis, a name traditionally connected with life. English dropped the final a that Latin and most European languages keep in Eva.

Hawaiian puts it back. Eve becomes ʻEwa, with a closing a because Hawaiian words end in vowels, and a W for the V.

Sources the Pukui and Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary, Place Names of Hawaii, Nānā i ke Kumu, wehewehe.org, Wiktionary's Hawaiian given names and U.S. Social Security baby-name records. How this site is compiled · Send a correction

Questions people ask

What is Eve in Hawaiian?

Eve is ʻEwa in Hawaiian, pronounced EH-vah. It is the form used in Hawaiian-language records since the 1800s, and it covers Eva as well.

How do you pronounce ʻEwa?

EH-vah, with the stress on EH.

Why does ʻEwa look so different from Eve?

Each sound Hawaiian lacks was swapped for the nearest one it has. In Eve, V became W, and the final e became a.

Is ʻEwa a real Hawaiian name?

Yes, as a borrowed name. Hawaiian families have used ʻEwa since the 1800s, but it is Eve respelled, not a name built from Hawaiian words.

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